He is demanding that the City pay damages for the humiliation and bodily harm its officers caused him.
Officers on Wednesday manhandled Qolani while he was naked, as they tried to demolish his shack. He had been bathing at the time they stormed his house. The incident was caught on video, which shows the officers forcefully pushing Qolani and dragging him from his shack in front of many other residents.
“While the investigation into the conduct of the law enforcement officers and the circumstances surrounding the situation is ongoing, as the mayor of this city I want to acknowledge that Mr Qolani’s dignity was impaired and I am truly sorry for what he experienced. “The actions depicted in the footage are a clear violation of the right to human dignity, the right to freedom and security of the person - particularly the right not to be subjected, to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading way, among numerous other human rights violations.
“Similarly, the commission reiterates that evictions, demolitions and the removal of people from land needs to be conducted within the limits of human rights as set out in chapter two of the Constitution, the law and human decency.”
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